Friday, February 20, 2009

John Byam Shaw - The Boer War


1901
oil on canvas
Birmingham City Art Gallery
Shaw was influenced by the Pre Raphaelites long after its main impulse had almost died away. This painting was exhibited at the RA with lines from Christine Rossetti
Last Summer green things were greener
Brambles fewer, the blue sky bluer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byam_Shaw

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